April

CMU's Stephen Broomell teamed up with researchers in 24 countries to measure how well policymakers and the public understand statements that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change uses to describe scientists' research findings.MORE

The robust defenses that yeast cells have evolved to protect themselves from environmental threats hold lessons that can be used to design computer networks and analyze how secure they are, say Carnegie Mellon computer scientists. MORE

Carnegie Mellon University congratulates its six alumni who were nominated for Tony Awards this morning in New York. This follows the university's announcement yesterday that it will partner with the Tony Awards as its first, exclusive higher education partner. As part of the collaboration, the two organizations will jointly create and launch the first, national recognition program to honor kindergarten through high-school theatre educators.MORE

In a 10-month study in the homes of older adults with chronic health problems, the researchers found that adherence to a medication regimen improved when people had ready access to a digital display of their medication-taking record. These people were more likely to take the correct medication promptly and at the same time of day than people who didn't receive the ongoing feedback.MORE

Carnegie Mellon Provost and Executive Vice President Mark Kamlet and four professors, Sheldon Cohen, Jim Daniels, Irene Fonseca and Manuela Veloso, have received the title of University Professor for representing the intellectual leadership of Carnegie Mellon through their expertise and accomplishments in their respective fields of study.MORE

Steve Awodey, professor of philosophy in CMU's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and his research team will use the award to continue building on his groundbreaking discovery in 2005 of "Homotopy Type Theory," a deep and surprising connection between abstract, mathematical geometry and computational logic.MORE

The academy — the first program of its kind to look at critical leadership skills through a negotiation lens — is now offered through Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business Executive Education program in partnership with the H. John Heinz III College. "Our goal is to help women embrace opportunities to negotiate successful strategic initiatives and deals on behalf of their organizations and stakeholders — and for themselves," said CMU's Linda Babcock, academy co-founder and faculty director. MORE

The purely digital images, "trapped" for nearly 30 years on Amiga® floppy disks stored in the archives collection of The Andy Warhol Museum (AWM), were discovered and extracted by members of the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Club, with assistance from the AWM's staff, CMU's Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (FRSCI), the Hillman Photography Initiative at the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) and New York-based artist Cory Arcangel. MORE

For this year's FIRST, the 39-member Girls of Steel built a robot called Atlas that is designed to catch and throw 24-inch game balls. During the event, the robots will play a game called Aerial Assist, in which two alliances of three robots each will try to score as many goals as possible within a time limit.MORE

A 14-month study showed that people reflected more on past events and developed a renewed interest in their online photos when a device called Photobox would randomly print four or five of those photos at varying intervals each month. Though the study involved just a handful of households, the researchers said their findings suggest that, in a world where technology is always on, people sometimes find value in taking it slow.MORE

Daniel Allende and Tucker Marder said the collaboration aims to inspire a new perspective on and respect for the beauty and power of birds through theatrical performance. Two performances appropriate for all ages are scheduled for 6 p.m., Sunday, May 4, and 6 p.m., Sunday, May 11.MORE

As part of the Advanced Sculpture, Installation, Sitework course "Simulation and Perception," each artist is given a rental truck to create an installation that considers site, methods and audience. The event is one night only, from 5 - 8 p.m., Thursday, May 1, on the CMU College of Fine Arts lawn.MORE

Called Kinetica, this proof-of-concept system for the Apple iPad converts tabular data, such as Excel spreadsheets, so that data points appear as colored spheres on the touchscreen. People can directly manipulate this data, using natural gestures to sort, filter, stack, flick and pull data points as needed to help them answer questions or explore hidden relationships.MORE

Spergel, chair of the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, will address what we can learn from images of the universe in its infancy — when it was a mere 380,000 years old — in a lecture, titled "Taking the Universe's Baby Picture," at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 24 in the Gates-Hillman Center's Rashid Auditorium. MORE

With the new method, dubbed Sailfish after the famously speedy fish, estimates of gene expression that previously took many hours can be completed in a few minutes, with accuracy that equals or exceeds previous methods.MORE

The exhibition opens with a reception at the gallery from 6 - 8 p.m., Friday, May 2. The exhibition will be on view through May 17, with artist and faculty talks at the gallery from 1 - 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 6. Admission is free and open to the public.MORE

Andrew Moore, a distinguished computer scientist with expertise in machine learning and robotics, served as a professor of computer science and robotics at CMU before being named founding director of Google's Pittsburgh engineering office in 2006.MORE

Last summer, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences released the "Heart of the Matter," a report on the current state of the humanities and social sciences and their role in creating a vibrant, competitive and secure nation. On Monday, April 21, Carnegie Mellon and the American Academy will hold the first Pittsburgh-area discussion of the report and its implications for improving education and creating a sustainable global society. MORE

Filmmaker Mark Lund was so mesmerized by the CMU thought identification research on "60 Minutes" that he decided to use the groundbreaking work as the basis for his next feature film. "Justice Is Mind" will screen without charge for the CMU and Pittsburgh communities at 5 p.m., Monday, April 28 in Baker Hall's Giant Eagle Auditorium (A51).MORE

The gift from Gunjan Kedia (TPR ’94) and her husband, Sridhar R. Tayur, the Ford Distinguished Research Chair and professor of operations management at the Tepper School of Business, will support the David A. Tepper Quadrangle, an initiative announced last fall that will construct a new home for the Tepper School while integrating programs, curricula and research from across the university’s world-class schools and colleges.MORE

Margaret Shadick Cyert, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and former matriarch of Carnegie Mellon University, died peacefully with her family and loving staff of Longwood at Oakmont by her side on Wednesday, April 9. She was 89.MORE

Genovese joined CMU in 1994. His research focuses on solving complex and high-dimensional problems in the sciences, and his work has produced new methods and results in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, learning science and cosmology/astrophysics.MORE

Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh sent the following message to the university community today to announce a leadership transition regarding Provost and Executive Vice President Mark Kamlet.MORE

The field testing of the Intelligent Dashboard for Occupants engages 80 employees at a major Pittsburgh corporation in online communication, consultation and control supported by plug-in devices that measure energy consumption and provide digital on-off control. By helping building occupants see their actual energy use, see recommendations for ways to save energy, and allowing the online ability to control plug loads at each desk, the team is proving that dashboards save energy.MORE

The prize, given by the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as part of its centennial celebration, recognizes trailblazers in the mind and brain sciences whose research has helped advance the field and its applications. The CNBC will present the award to Dolmetsch at 4 p.m., Thursday, May 22 in CMU's Rashid Auditorium, 4401 Hillman Center.MORE

Jahanian is the Edward S. Davidson Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he served as chair for Computer Science and Engineering from 2007 to 2011 and as director of the Software Systems Laboratory from 1997 to 2000. Since 2011 he has been on leave as the National Science Foundation's assistant director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.MORE

Student organizations will build and host booths focused on the theme "Best of the Best." The booths, often reaching two stories in height, include "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Despicable Me," "Games Through The Ages" and "Pittsburgh: The Best City In The World." Margaret Morrison Street, Tech Street, Frew Street, Circuit Road and Schenley Drive (Panther Hollow and Schenley bridges included) will be closed from 5 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 for the Sweepstakes Buggy Races.MORE

Khan will discuss "Education Reimagined" as part of Carnegie Mellon University's Simon Initiative Distinguished Lecture Series, a forum for thought leaders focused on scientific advancement and disruptive innovation in the field of education. Khan will be visiting Pittsburgh to accept one of the Heinz Family Foundation's 19th annual Heinz Awards for his work. The lecture takes place at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 3 in Rashid Auditorium, Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies, on CMU's Pittsburgh campus.MORE

For the third consecutive year, CMU "mathletes" placed among the top five teams in the definitive math competition for undergraduates in North America. Additionally, Carnegie Mellon had 35 students who scored among the top 10 percent, the second most of any university.MORE

Jakubowski, a Princeton-trained fission-physicist-turned-farmer, created Open Source Ecology, which aims to develop a set of easy-to-follow, open source blueprints for the 50 machines most essential for modern life (including an automobile, an induction furnace and a bakery oven).MORE